Opinion

Blog: Vince Cable at the Negotiating Table

This does promise to be a very interesting election. Because even if the Liberal Democrats do hemorrhage seats, which is likely, in the case of a hung parliament, the Lib Dems, may hold the keys to who forms the next government in the UK.

Blog: Small Guys Take on Big Boys in UK TV Debate

Imagine if Vikram Chandra was hosting an episode of The Big Fight and the seven politicians taking part were: Sonia Gandhi, Narendra Modi, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Jayalalitha and Uddhav Thackeray? Now imagine, this is beamed LIVE to a national audience as they debated policy, personality and ultimately the possibility of each of them getting into gov...

Blog: Sorry, No Freedom At Midnight

The intensity of the Scottish referendum was lost on me until I visited Glasgow last week.

Blog: 'You Should Say Kemcho and You Will be Welcomed'

Jignesh Bhai was there, Kamles too and Sarita Ben must surely have been there. It could have been any Gujarati party in India. But it wasn't.